Pneumatic-tube cash-carrier.



No. 886,496. PATENTED MAY 5, 190a.

' D. s. HAGER.

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DANIELS. HAGER, OF TOLEDO,-OHIO.

PNEUMATIC-TUBE CASH-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Application filed June 1, 1907. Serial No. 376,762.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL S. HAGER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pneumatic- TubeCash-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In pneumatic cash carrier systems in which the cash cups or carriersproper, usually metal cylinders, are forced through conduits by air,

it is customary to secure felt washers or plugs to the ends of thecarriers, for the double purpose of acting as a packing ring, and as abuffer when the carrier encounters a stop. These washers wear rapidlyand have to be replaced. frequently. Further, because of the shocks andrough usage to which they are subjected, they frequently becomedetached.

This invention relates to means for securing the felt plugs in place, sothat they cannot work loose, while at the same time, they may be readilyreplaced.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation,partially in section, of a cash carrier provided with felt ends orwashers, secured to the shell by fastening means embodying the featuresof the invention. Fig. 2 is aviewin detail of an anchor plate. Fig. 3 isan end view of Fig. 1 with the felt filling disk removed.

In the drawings, l-represents a felt washer or plug of the usual rounded exterior, slightly larger than the head 2 of a cylindrical cashcarrier 3. This plug is centrally counterbored and apertured for a screwor bolt 4, which passes through the cylinder head 2 and is provided witha metal washer 5, seated at the bottom of the counterbore, and a bur ornut 6 bearing against the washer in the usual manner. To look theseparts against displacement, an anchor plate is used. In the preferredform of construction, this is formed up of one piece of sheet metal, andis a centrally apertured disk 7 secured against the inner face of thecylinder head 2 by the bolt head 8, having two or more arms 9, in theform of narrow strips, which pass through suitably arranged slots in thecylinder head, mating apertures 10 in the felt plug, and registeringholes 11 in the metal washer 5. The

outer or projecting end portions 12 of these arms are bent down flatagainst the outer face of the washer, and turned against the facets 13of the bolt nut 6. Thus the nut of the clamping bolt is locked againstrotation and cannot work loose. The washer against which the nut bears,is also held from turning and cannot move or creep on the felt. The feltplug is kept from turning on the cylinder and the re eated com ressionand expansion of the felt cannot a 'ect or move the washer or nut, andthe metal arts are shielded from contact with the wal or stops of theconduits. At the same time by removing the filling disk 14 of felt whichis forced into the outer end of the counterbore of the plug to close thesame, the arms may be straightened out, the nut turned off, and themetal Washer and felt slipped off and a new plug put on and secured asbefore.

Obviously, the details of construction may be varied without departingfrom the s irit of my invention, and I do not care to limit myself toany particular form or arrangement of parts.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a carrier cylinder andfelt plug thereon of a bolt, bolt nut, and washer securing the plug tothe cylinder and means secured to the cylinder head by the bolt andextended through the plug and washer adapted to anchor the plug and boltnut and washer from rotation on the head and on each other.

2. The combination with a carrier cylinder and felt plug thereon of abolt, bolt nut, and washer securing the plug to the cylinder and meanssecured to the cylinder head by the bolt and extended through the plugand washer adapted to anchor the plug and bolt nut and washer fromrotation on the head and on each other, said securing and anchoringmeans being shielded by the felt plug.

3. The combination with a carrier cylinder and a felt plug thereon, of abolt, bolt nut, and washer securing the plug to the cylinder head, andan anchor plate consisting of a sheet metal disk between the bolt-headand cylinder, provided with arms passing through the head, plug and boltwasher, and engaging the sides of the bolt nut.

4. The combination with a carrier cylinder and a felt plu thereon, of abolt centrally securing the plug to the cylinder head by a washer andnut countersunk in the felt plug, and an anchor plate consisting of asheet metal disk clamped between the cylinder head and bolt head, armsintegral with the disk passing through apertures in the cylinder head,felt plug and washer, bent against the outer side of the washer and thefacets of the nut.

5. The combination with a carrier cylinder and a felt plug thereon,secured together by a central bolt, and bolt nut and washer of ananchor. plate having an apertured body disk of sheet metal between thebolt head and cylinder head, and parallel strips of sheet metal integralwith the disk passing through apertures in the cylinder head, plug andbolt washer, adapted to be bent fiat against the outer side of thewasher and the facets of the bolt nut, the bolt nut, washer andprojecting portions of the anchor arms being countersunk deeply into theface of-the plug.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature 2@ in presence of twowitnesses.

DANIEL S. HAGER.

